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JEANNETTE, Pa. As seven men and teenage boys escorted Ryan Mangan's casket to the alter, pew after pew of classmates, friends and relatives cried and consoled each other. Teenage girls shook as they sobbed into tissues. About 250 people at least half teenagers gathered at Sacred Heart Church in Jeannette, southeast of Pittsburgh, Monday morning for the funeral of the 16-year-old found shot to death in his home Wednesday. "We don't understand. We're not quite sure. Things don't make sense," the Rev. Paul A. Lisik said. "You and I should not be here for Ryan in this way." Ryan's mother contacted police Wednesday evening, saying she found her son...

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